Charles Pezeshki wrote:

The only time we ran the Forks was at 2500 cfs. I actually ran
the side chute in Vortex.

Yup, above about 1700 you can run the far-right chute in Vortex,
whent he Vortex itself really looks like a Vortex! But you're lucky
you didn't see it at low flows because, oh my, a lotta water goes
under rocks over there. There's a perhaps-apocrophal story of a
gear raft totally disappearing (under another raft run too soon)
until August, when they found tattered Avon fabric and a bent frame.

We ran Westwall (IIRC) left to right. We carried Carson Falls.

You probably ran Westwall the same way most rafters do, cutting left
just above the Whale's Tails, which is badly undercut. However at
450 cfs it doesn't look as dangerous as I thought it would.

I'm thinking Carson gets somewhat safer at high flows, but don't have
enough empirical data.

Big fun! Serious fun, though. That Westwall is one impressive looking
rapid. And the whole run is one of the prettiest in the world. Really!

Sure is pretty. There's nothing like granite, although it's gray.
The redrock canyons of Idaho are less dramatic due to rock flatness,
I think. Everybody should be so lucky as to kayak the Forks.